{"id":129499,"date":"2024-11-30T14:47:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T19:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&p=129499"},"modified":"2024-11-30T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T19:47:23","slug":"070-shake-petrichor","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/070-shake-petrichor\/","title":{"rendered":"070 Shake – Petrichor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Enveloped between the opening and closing tracks \u201cSin,\u201d and \u201cLove,\u201d as if the two words were synonymous, 070 Shake\u2019s third LP, Petrichor <\/em>forces you to submit to the rumbling ride across genres as she explores the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love. From the auto-tuned mumbles that she is known for on songs like \u201cLungs,\u201d to classic rock guitar shreds of \u201cBattlefields,\u201d the record seems to defy any specific time or place; it is an otherworldly, cinematic odyssey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has a gothic feel from start to finish with its dark atmospheres, such as the whirling, stormy outro to \u201cSin.\u201d The twisted orchestral soundscape of \u201cVagabond\u201d is paired with eerily stacked vocals creating an almost tribal-like chant as she sings about the complicated vulnerability of letting someone know you deeply. The piano ballad, \u201cInto Your Garden\u201d featuring JT is about possessive love, singing \u201ccut that bitch off,\u201d referring to an ex, and the intensity continues on later during the track \u201cBlood On Your Hands,\u201d a song about wanting to die by your lover\u2019s hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A stand-out song to me is the cover of Tim Buckley\u2019s \u201cSong to the Siren\u201d featuring Courtney Love. Where This Mortal Coil\u2019s rendition of this song had an ineffable, whimsical allure, Shake\u2019s version is thunderous and intense and leans more into the dark tragedy of a doomed romance, as if drowning at high sea as opposed to floating upon a peaceful, \u201cshipless ocean\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was oddly moved by \u201cWinter Baby \/ New Jersey Blues,\u201d a weird, palette-cleansing mix of The Ronettes and The Beach Boys. It seems like it would be out of place, a sunny intermission to the brooding tone of the rest of the album, yet it does maintain a sort of desperate yearning when listened to in context.\u00a0There is almost nothing light about this album, it is intense in every sense of the word, whether it\u2019s the gut-punching drums, witchy pads, or brutally real lyrics. But, as with Modus Vivendi <\/em>and You Can\u2019t Kill Me, Petrichor <\/em>is such a powerful album that leaves me feeling haunted but also extremely cool. It holds a specific kind of hardness that you can only get from an 070 Shake album and I will certainly be returning to this record to re-up on badass energy throughout the grey winter months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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